REVIEWS:
What’s the read on the latest reissue releases and live performances by classic rock artists? What biopics, movies or documentaries are worth seeing in theaters and at home? What books about rock music and the people who make and work with it are worth reading. Our team also takes a fresh look at notable works in our Album Rewind series
Chrissie Hynde Covers Dylan on ‘Standing in the Doorway’: Review
It appears we must make room at the top of the Dylan interpreters heap for the Pretenders’ frontwoman, whose covers are sublime.
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Bob Dylan’s ‘Springtime in New York’ Mines His 1980-1985 Archives
It’s amazing to think that these are virtually all recordings Dylan discarded, given that many of them outshine everything in lots of artists’ catalogs.
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Eric Clapton Opens 1st Tour Since 2014
After years of playing either brief residencies or a handful of shows here and there, Slowhand is back at age 76 with a real tour, though the set is brief
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John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ Turns 50: ‘Ultimate Collection’ Review
The original 10-track 1971 album has been expanded for this release to include…well, more than you could have possibly imagined
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‘The Jimmie Vaughan Story’ Reviewed: A Big Box of Blues
The 5-CD box features music spanning five decades, including collaborations with Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons and, of course, brother Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Bob Dylan Goes to Broadway in ‘Girl From the North Country’: Review
The cast album delivers a thoroughly magical hour of music, one that will leave you in awe of the performers and the show’s creators.
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Ellen Foley Returns with ‘Fighting Words’: Review
On her fifth solo album, the singer proves that she can still come out fighting, at least when her material is up to the task.
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Beach Boys’ ‘Feel Flows’ Box Set: Review
The box proves that the band’s genius didn’t end in the mid-’60s. All six members of the group contributed fine material during this unheralded period.
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Ian Anderson Celebrates The Real Jethro Tull
We review Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera, a multi-media presentation featuring Ian Anderson performing his old band’s music while honoring its namesake
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George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass Uber Deluxe’ Box Set: Review
The new edition, which adds nearly 50 previously unreleased tracks, offers numerous reminders that the album deserves its sterling reputation.
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